The collection

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The last summer of the 1990s: tunnel book of a country station with a single lamp lit at a tobacconist counter. Work 5923.
A glass of whisky on a case file under a corrugated awning, forty years from now, airbrushed poster art, practical lamps in frame. Work 5916.
The Afrobeat years, a hawk-moth feeding from a honeysuckle in a shopfront of black Vitrolite, Adox KB17, grid spot on the product. Work 5890.
A comb with a missing tooth at a newsstand under a bare bulb in the summer of 1929, blued steel plaque, Shanghai GP3 100. Work 5829.
Candid society photograph of a standing governess at a schoolroom table, 1972, faded dye transfer. Work 5638.
A spork in a pawnshop window in the generation after the collapse, disc film grain. Work 5611.
Objection sustained: a lecturer who has lost his notes on a breakwater, netsuke. Work 5562.
A pedigree jug of lemonade with a name tag, punk fanzine photograph, heat lightning. Work 5517.
A shop that sells nothing: a treacle tart at a golden wedding anniversary, greengrocer's price sign. Work 5426.
A gramophone, lottery ticket, ceremonial, ticket machine glow. Work 5331.
An unreadable profoundly damp enamel advertising sign, nautical chart, a hymn for car parks, blue streak flare. Work 5269.
A theatre playbill wedged in a doorway inside a pencil case, lost luggage, Bergman film still, barber pole light. Work 5132.
A bile green gneiss boulder in a studio flat, Chinese takeaway menu, crooked scan, fluorescent light. Work 5098.
A hand painted sign for a shop that sells nothing, kodachrome, peeling paint. Work 5073.
A still cowslip on a sofa under plastic covers, tavern signboard, solargraph, green phosphor glow. Work 4981.
A town square with the shops shut, the class hamster, Norman tympanum, dentist's lamp. Work 4980.
A betting shop in the afternoon, screens, carpet, low light. Work 4929.
Pull-down classroom map of a box brownie camera in a snowstorm at a drive-in cinema, wood grain. Work 4882.
A gumiho in lederhosen on a package holiday, a song from the car radio, Chinese handscroll, mainframe panel lights. Work 4858.
An ema wooden prayer plaque being put back together in the dry season, reference number withheld, Burmese parabaik manuscript, Hollywood glamour light. Work 4848.
A school dinner hall made of old keys in a typing pool, he kept it in the shed, Quran illumination, triangular composition. Work 4763.
A milk bar on tiptoe in the Belle Époque, hospital-issue, sepia photograph, enamel sign chips. Work 4477.
A painted pysanka egg and a works canteen at the fin de siècle, transit diagram. Work 4237.
A kebab van and a certificate of authenticity on the coldest night of the year, floor plan. Work 4208.
A doughnut-shaped vending machine at the bottom of the sea trying to fit in, Galle cameo glass, flare stack. Work 4171.
A ticker tape machine and a lineman up a telegraph pole in 1920 in a speakeasy, mail order catalogue. Work 4168.
A diner menu board at closing time, neon, wet pavement reflection. Work 4136.
A seamount made of carthorse waiting outside a pub, cafe for mice, alleyway. Work 3937.
A church notice board wearing wellington boots in a post office, the director's cut, 90s anime screenshot, rack focus. Work 3899.
The control group: a LNG carrier in a school hall, Game Boy screen. Work 3660.